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flag above his own city hall for a day if the nats win. it will be a modified version with taxation without representation on the bar. and if st. louis wins, mayor gray will fly the st. louis flag. >> i thought we would get the arch but maybe not. >> no. >> like it or not, winter will be here before you know it and we have some ways to protect yourself from the element. >> i hate this. >> i'm having problems already >>> and some local students applying 4h training to a challenge. good morning, holly. >> reporter: good morning to you. these kids are designing robots to help preserve the environment. what are you doing? and did i mention to you that they are only in the 4th and 5th grades? this is the national science day and this year is the eco bot challenge. we'll tell you what that means and why this day is so important. that's coming up next on fox 5 news. let me tell you how i will create 12 million jobs when presidident obama couldn'. first, my energy independence policy means more than three million new jobs. many of them in manufact
flag above his own city hall for a day if the nats win. it will be a modified version with taxation without representation on the bar. and if st. louis wins, mayor gray will fly the st. louis flag. >> i thought we would get the arch but maybe not. >> no. >> like it or not, winter will be here before you know it and we have some ways to protect yourself from the element. >> i hate this. >> i'm having problems already >>> and some local students applying 4h...
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squeezing the left lane for those northbound out of dale city. heavy and slow northbound on i- 95 through woodbridge. congested towards duke street on 395. delays continuing north of landmark heading north to seminary road. traffic slows again over the inbound 14th street bridge. top stretch of the beltway, no problems from college park. this is just volume. northbound bw parkway between powder mill and 197, whatever was there has cleared. southeast washington, 8 car pileup tying up the commute. some traffic getting by under police direction. 295 a better drive. south capital street looks good over the douglas bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >>> thank you, julie. as we told you at the top of the hour, the thrill in the ville as it was called lived up to the hype. joe biden and paul ryan sparred over everything. if it wasn't what each candidate said, it was how they behaved. this morning some critics call joe biden's frequent interpretations obnoxious or rude. as you can imagine this morning, both sides are claiming victory.
squeezing the left lane for those northbound out of dale city. heavy and slow northbound on i- 95 through woodbridge. congested towards duke street on 395. delays continuing north of landmark heading north to seminary road. traffic slows again over the inbound 14th street bridge. top stretch of the beltway, no problems from college park. this is just volume. northbound bw parkway between powder mill and 197, whatever was there has cleared. southeast washington, 8 car pileup tying up the...
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the city of danville, kept ken is hope fig boost as wellle stores there stocking up on politically themed items and has been a huge spruce-up with streets being repaved and no signs being put up as well. it will be held at center college. >>> think back for a minute to the last inauguration. >> it was cold. >> it was brutally cold. remember all of this? the record-setting crowds? the next big day isn't too far away and metro has a plan in place. we'll have more on that coming up next. >> first, we'll check in with tucker for your forecast. nice warm-up heading our way today and tucker will have the details on it when we come back. [ kreg smith ] i'm third generation military. i served in the army, two tours over there. when i got back from iraq, i was searching for new jobs. [ lionel hamilton ] veterans make great employees, because you know they've already got expertise and they've got job skills instilled in them from the military. [ kreg smith ] what i've learned, being deployed overseas, is a high sense of adaptability, leadership skills, and teamwork. [ lionel hamilton ] ge doesn't h
the city of danville, kept ken is hope fig boost as wellle stores there stocking up on politically themed items and has been a huge spruce-up with streets being repaved and no signs being put up as well. it will be held at center college. >>> think back for a minute to the last inauguration. >> it was cold. >> it was brutally cold. remember all of this? the record-setting crowds? the next big day isn't too far away and metro has a plan in place. we'll have more on that...
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and new york city. during the game last night they showed the family down in the corner there, and that little boy, man, was grabbed on to his father, would not let him go. really was something. >> that would have been it for me. thank you tony. >>> the countdown to the election is on. so it's only fitting after last night's fiesty debate that today's ask allison has to do with the election. so, a viewer writes, i had her name, it is marsha reynolds, can a presidential nominee quit the race before election? if so, what happens? does the v.p. nominee run for election or does the nominee concede and the current president declared the winner, and has this ever happened before? marsha thanks for writing in. you would not believe how much research we did. it was like a team of people, pat, matt and myself, trying to figure out the answer to this. you would think it would be easier. i think the reason it's not that easy to find is because it's rarely happened. i couldn't find it once as far as the presidentia
and new york city. during the game last night they showed the family down in the corner there, and that little boy, man, was grabbed on to his father, would not let him go. really was something. >> that would have been it for me. thank you tony. >>> the countdown to the election is on. so it's only fitting after last night's fiesty debate that today's ask allison has to do with the election. so, a viewer writes, i had her name, it is marsha reynolds, can a presidential nominee...
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look at their confidants and honest city. think about how easy it was to turn on me given the information, attention and potential perks. i never put down them or their families. i tried and i cared, then asked for the same. please realize all came to the second mile because of issues, some of those may remain. we will continue to fight. we didn't lose to prone facts, evidence, accurate locations and time. anything can be said. we lost to speculation and stories influenced by people who wanted to convict me. >> that's a portion of the statement outlining why he believed the thing was a well orchestrated lie and believes he was wrongly convicted and speculation and dishonesty fueled the trial. first there will be a hearing to determine if he qualifies as a violent sexual predator. the judge will then hear from the victims, then sandusky will speak. even legal experts believe given the crimes, his age of 68 and the number of charges that he will likely spend the rest of his life behind bars. >> sarah, thanks so much. >>> also i
look at their confidants and honest city. think about how easy it was to turn on me given the information, attention and potential perks. i never put down them or their families. i tried and i cared, then asked for the same. please realize all came to the second mile because of issues, some of those may remain. we will continue to fight. we didn't lose to prone facts, evidence, accurate locations and time. anything can be said. we lost to speculation and stories influenced by people who wanted...
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the signs are also up on some san francisco city buses. we do not know again exactly what time those controversial ads are going to be posted. we do understand there will be one ad in each of four stations here at you street, and georgia avenue, glenmont and takoma stations. metro police say they are ready in case there are protests, though they don't expect any. >> melanie alnwick, thank you. >>> there looks to be no relief in sight for drivers as gas prices continue to rise. the average for a gallon of gas in d.c., $3.85. in maryland, it's $3.69. virginia, $3.59. the national average is at $3.80. but drivers in california are taking the hardest hit, where gas is 84 cents higher than the national average, at $4.65 per gallon. the governor there has ordered regulators to release winter blend gas early. that should help with a supply problem that's driving up the prices. the highest in our area probably, high tech was $5.99. >> yikes! crazy. >>> coming up, debate drama. the jon stewart/bill o'reilly drama didn't go off without a hitch. >> w
the signs are also up on some san francisco city buses. we do not know again exactly what time those controversial ads are going to be posted. we do understand there will be one ad in each of four stations here at you street, and georgia avenue, glenmont and takoma stations. metro police say they are ready in case there are protests, though they don't expect any. >> melanie alnwick, thank you. >>> there looks to be no relief in sight for drivers as gas prices continue to rise....
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how about the orioles last night up in baltimore charm city? chris davis, and that's a hit to right field. two runs score. the o's get a big win, 3-2 over the yanks. that series goes back to new york tomorrow night. game three, 8:00. all tied up at one. last three games will be played in the bronx. >>> been talking about rg3 the last two days. we've seen the hit. when he got knocked out, this guy came in, cousins. his fourth nfl pass ever was a beauty. 77yards to moss. he was gone. the redskins had a 4th quarter lead. but cousins, he's a rookie, threw two later interceptions. you're seeing one of them here. the skins lose 24-17. i caught up with cousins yesterday in the locker room and asked him about the two picks and how he would assess his own play. >> i would call them two critical errors. besides those two plays, obviously it was, beyond that it was good football. but those two critical errors are what quarterbacks get killed on. you have to avoid those. i will learn from those and be a much better quarterback after going through that yest
how about the orioles last night up in baltimore charm city? chris davis, and that's a hit to right field. two runs score. the o's get a big win, 3-2 over the yanks. that series goes back to new york tomorrow night. game three, 8:00. all tied up at one. last three games will be played in the bronx. >>> been talking about rg3 the last two days. we've seen the hit. when he got knocked out, this guy came in, cousins. his fourth nfl pass ever was a beauty. 77yards to moss. he was gone. the...
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that'll be here in the city. much of the area in the upper 50s. tomorrow 67, and let's hope we keep the baseball going into the weekend with temperatures in the low 70s sunday afternoon. we have a redskins game either way, much improved over last sunday when it was cold, damp and 50. >> and we lost. >> better weather will win. >> that' >> thanks, tucker. >> i can only be responsible for the weather. >> no, no. you said we're going to get a win. >> thank you, tucker. >>> here's julie with a look at traffic. hey, julie. >>reporter: hey, you guys. on the roads right now kind of busy with accident activity and delays. still cleaning up a wreck off 15 at 66, northbound 15 really taking the brunt of that and a lot of slow traffic headed up towards 66. once you commit to eastbound, the commute is very slow leaving manassas headed into 123, almost a 35-minute commute and that's with all of the lanes open on 66. beltway inner loop now starting to slow leaving springfield headed north up towards gallows road. accident activity possibly involving a bus this.
that'll be here in the city. much of the area in the upper 50s. tomorrow 67, and let's hope we keep the baseball going into the weekend with temperatures in the low 70s sunday afternoon. we have a redskins game either way, much improved over last sunday when it was cold, damp and 50. >> and we lost. >> better weather will win. >> that' >> thanks, tucker. >> i can only be responsible for the weather. >> no, no. you said we're going to get a win. >> thank...
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game two for the birds and yanks tonight back at charm city at 8:00. >>> we know things didn't go well for the redskins yesterday. but everybody is talking about the big hit on rg3. tough to watch. he's a running quarterback. here's my thing on this, and a lot of people are like, he has to get out of bounds. i agree. can't take away his legs. has to get out of bounds to avoid contact. but he needs to run. had zero rushing yards in the first half and zero points. i don't think that's coincidencal. kirk cousins had to come into the game, the other rookie, this one from michigan state. looked great here. down by four in the 4th quarter. 77yards to moss. looks great. cousins later threw two picks at the end of the 4th quarter. and the redskins lose 24-17. now, that's to be expected. this is not. billy cundiff is a veteran. 31-yard field goal here that he pushes wide. at this point, he missed four of his last five kicks. the problem in this kick in particular, it was a momentum shifter. we were both at this game, and you could feel the life get sucked out of fed ex. instead, 10-0 redskins a
game two for the birds and yanks tonight back at charm city at 8:00. >>> we know things didn't go well for the redskins yesterday. but everybody is talking about the big hit on rg3. tough to watch. he's a running quarterback. here's my thing on this, and a lot of people are like, he has to get out of bounds. i agree. can't take away his legs. has to get out of bounds to avoid contact. but he needs to run. had zero rushing yards in the first half and zero points. i don't think that's...
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. >>> they've already sparked protests in new york city subway system and now some controversial ads that refer to radical muslims as savages are going up in several metro stops here in our area. fox 5's melanie alnwick is live at the u street station with the details. good morning. >> we don't know exactly what time the controversial ads will go up except they are supposed to be up by court order by 5:00 this evening and they are expected to be particularly visible. one ad in just four stations that will be around the metro system and metro police say they are ready in case anyone decides to protest them. test t a new york woman was arrested for trying to spray paint over one the anti-jihad posters when it went up in a new york subway station. to some, the ads equate muslims with savages. >> i will continue to nonviolently protest hate and that is hate. >> reporter: pamela geller with the american freedom defense initiative won the right to hang posters which read, in any war between civilized man and the savage, support civilized man. support israel. defeat jihad. those same poster
. >>> they've already sparked protests in new york city subway system and now some controversial ads that refer to radical muslims as savages are going up in several metro stops here in our area. fox 5's melanie alnwick is live at the u street station with the details. good morning. >> we don't know exactly what time the controversial ads will go up except they are supposed to be up by court order by 5:00 this evening and they are expected to be particularly visible. one ad in...
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control board set up to oversee the financial management of the city. his appointment was controversial and drew the ire of then mayor marion barry but d.c.'s huge deficit was turned into a $300 million surplus under bremer's leadership. he was also the first african- american to sit on the federal reserve board. andrew bremer was 86 years old. >>> coming up next, we'll go live to fox business network in new york. we'll find out how many teens say they have an iphone. >> as we go to break, you know babies born today will have a special birthday. it is 10-11-12. studies have shown most babies are born in august or september. one harvard researcher crunched numbers and said september 16th was the most common birthday. >> my son's birthday is september 15th. >> really? >> you missed it by one day. b >> you were so close, tony. >> we're back in just a moment. take away his toys and he'll play with a stick. take away their bikes and they'll still find a way to get where they're going. but if take you away early childhood education... slash k-12 funding... an
control board set up to oversee the financial management of the city. his appointment was controversial and drew the ire of then mayor marion barry but d.c.'s huge deficit was turned into a $300 million surplus under bremer's leadership. he was also the first african- american to sit on the federal reserve board. andrew bremer was 86 years old. >>> coming up next, we'll go live to fox business network in new york. we'll find out how many teens say they have an iphone. >> as we go...
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city council is putting herself in their shoes. matt ackland takes a closer look. >> i'm agoing to bet bananas. >> reporter: grabbing the shopping cart and with the help of a friend, mary cheh set out to gather enough food for seven days. >> two for $5. >> reporter: cheh looked for cheaper foods, things that can be used to make several meals. >> lats put these back. i'll just take four. >> reporter: cheh was forced to give up things she usually tosses into her cart, raisin bread, fresh flowers and her favorite, blueberries. >> look at. this this a blueberries here is $4. i can't get that. -- look at this. >> reporter: cheh is trying to bring attention to the supplemental nutrition assistance program known as snap or commonly called food stamps. it helps over 140,000 d.c. residents. 47,000 are children. 10,000 are senior citizens. on a tight grocery budget, there is no money for treats. >> i'll maybe want to buy like a nice cake or something like that. there is no room for that. >> reporter: after carefully adding up all the items,
city council is putting herself in their shoes. matt ackland takes a closer look. >> i'm agoing to bet bananas. >> reporter: grabbing the shopping cart and with the help of a friend, mary cheh set out to gather enough food for seven days. >> two for $5. >> reporter: cheh looked for cheaper foods, things that can be used to make several meals. >> lats put these back. i'll just take four. >> reporter: cheh was forced to give up things she usually tosses into...
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. ♪ ...to our city streets... ♪ ...to skies around the world... ♪ ...northrop grumman's security solutions are invisibly at work, northrop grumman. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] introducing a reason...to look twice. introducing a stunning work of technology -- the entirely new lexus es. and the first-ever es hybrid. this is the pursuit of perfection. and the first-ever es hybrid. i"i'm not in favor of a a$5 trillion tax cut. that's not my plan." mitchell: "the nonpartisan tax policy center concluded that mitt romney's tax plan would cost $4.8 trillion over 10 years." vo: why won't romney level with us about his tax plan, which gives the wealthy huge new tax breaks? because according to experts, he'd have to raise taxes on the middle class - or increase the deficit to pay for it. if we can't trust him here... how could we ever trust him here? >>> welcome back. many americans are on the job hunt as you know even in they already have a job. we'll have more on that in a minute. first, let's talk about monday's slow start on the market. lauren simonetti with fox business network is live in new
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we love the city. we love the ballpark. we love the fans. >> reporter: if the nats can advance to the national league championship series, can you start buying your tickets this morning at 9:00 a.m. two tickets max for each game at nats park can be purchased online. a limited number of standing room only tickets will be made available to buy on the day of each game day at the box office. but wisdom and sarah, this is uncharted territory for your nats. your first ever home game right here at nats park. for the first time in 79 years, we've got playoff baseball here in d.c. this place will be rocking. we'll be here all morning long. let's get back to the studio for now. >> thank you. >>> new this morning, a former campaign aide to mayor vincent gray who pleaded guilty to lying to federal investigators back in may will be sentenced later on today. howard brooks admits he gave under the table payments using fraudulent money orders to then minor candidate in the 2010 mayor's race suleiman brown. brooks could face six months in j
we love the city. we love the ballpark. we love the fans. >> reporter: if the nats can advance to the national league championship series, can you start buying your tickets this morning at 9:00 a.m. two tickets max for each game at nats park can be purchased online. a limited number of standing room only tickets will be made available to buy on the day of each game day at the box office. but wisdom and sarah, this is uncharted territory for your nats. your first ever home game right here...
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the signs are also up on some san francisco city buses. metro's lawyers told the judge on thursday that it did have verifiable threats talking to the f.b.i. they said there were concerns of threats of violence for the ads did go up in d.c. today. again, just one ad in four stations here at u street on georgia avenue, glenmont and also the takoma stations. metro transit police say they are ready in case there are any protests. >> thank you. >>> an outbreak of a rare form of meningitislinged to a steroid injection has now grown to nearly 100 cases. >> nine states have reported case and seven people have died. mary ann rafferty has more. >> reporter: the steroid injects is believed to have originated from the new england compounding center in massachusetts. there are 91 confirmed cases of mungal men i think juvenile diabetes we are investigating an unusual outbreak of meningitis. >> more than 17,000 vials of contaminate steroid have been ship touted nearly 100 facilities in 23 states. despite the number, only a select portion of the populatio
the signs are also up on some san francisco city buses. metro's lawyers told the judge on thursday that it did have verifiable threats talking to the f.b.i. they said there were concerns of threats of violence for the ads did go up in d.c. today. again, just one ad in four stations here at u street on georgia avenue, glenmont and also the takoma stations. metro transit police say they are ready in case there are any protests. >> thank you. >>> an outbreak of a rare form of...
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it is being pulled through the city streets over the next two days. now, crews have had to clear hundreds of trees and close the sidewalks to make this move possible. you may remember that endeavour flew 25 times over two decades so now it is on the move for the last time. the last time. >> they cleared trees? >> i wasn't aware that they had to do all that to move this. but it is big so if they had to take it through the streets, they had to do some works. >>> in just under 20 minutes, the fight against breast cancer takes over the nation's capital. >> while we wait it out another few week to find out who will be the next president, metro is already making plans for the big swearing-in ceremony. what they have in store for a less heck tyke commute. we've got that coming up. we'll be back. david smallwood: maryland money needs to stay inin maryland. it's just that simple, i mean, it's a no brainer. anncr: every year marylanders spend five hundred and fifty... million at casinos in west virginia, delaware... and pennsylvania. one west virginia paper cal
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it is being pulled through the city streets over the next two days. now, crews have to clear hundreds of trees and close the sidewalks to make the move possible. endeavour flew 25 times over two decades. >>> a zumba instructor in maine acruised of running a prostitution ring out of her studio. these 29-year-old alexis wright. she pleaded not guilty to allegedly accepting money for sex and videotaping her encounters. police say the names will be released in reports beginning today. a lawyer for two alleged clients has already filed a motion to block the release of the names. the names. could get nasty. >> yes, a lot of people probably nervous about that. the nats are winning and that could many a free lunch for you this weekend. details of that coming up next. >> we're checking weather and traffic. stay with us. when i was younger and... financially stable. we were poor. the mgm casino in michigan. and it changed her life. clerk. way up. insurance... and i make great money. seven will create... twelve thousand jobs. to accountants... and construction w
it is being pulled through the city streets over the next two days. now, crews have to clear hundreds of trees and close the sidewalks to make the move possible. endeavour flew 25 times over two decades. >>> a zumba instructor in maine acruised of running a prostitution ring out of her studio. these 29-year-old alexis wright. she pleaded not guilty to allegedly accepting money for sex and videotaping her encounters. police say the names will be released in reports beginning today. a...